––Rome, Short Theatre
The whole Cheap crew arrives from Bologna with the poster – they will put it up themselves, since they are in Rome to prepare the installation for the Pelanda roof, RECLAIM YOUR FUTURE. They
are covering the walls of the canopy with the golden side of emergency blankets, wrapping square metres upon square metres with that shimmer. The day before, they spoke to the residents: when there is no festival going on, homeless families, even children, sleep under the canopy. Hanging above them there are flags designed by artists, created from their desires and demands.
We meet in the morning, at breakfast, to look at the poster together and inspect the space. The sun is out, and it’s hot. We open up the poster and lay it on the ground: it’s beautiful. Eli starts cutting it out with a pocketknife – we leave a small white border that stands out against the wall. He cuts freehand, with precise, expert strokes.
We prepare the glue and decide to stick the poster immediately – it’s better to do it during the day, in the sun, so it will look normal. It’s the two of us with Eli, Flavia, Sonia, Piersandra and Paola. Buckets, ladder and brooms. In the sun, we laugh..